Andrew Demko still with CS?

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Thanks for sharing these kinds of videos, guys... Good stuff!
Andrew really seems to be one heck of a nice guy, it really comes through in these videos

I found it quite the eye opener when he speaks about having gone with Lynn Thompson to one of Cold Steel's Taiwan manufactures and discussing with them on how they can keep pricing reasonable. Andrew then explains how a representative of that Taiwan firm then responded by recommending that Lynn allow them to just make the product using Aus6 steel and just list them as being made of Aus8, (as one way of keeping the production costs down). Andrew goes on to say that the Rep told them that some of Cold Steel's competitors, (which also had products made at that manufacturer), had done exactly that... But that Lynn Thompson responded with not wanting any part of such a fraudulent act. Andrew explains how Japanese Aus8 steel has received some unwarranted criticism, since many knives being sold on the market as Aus8 were actually Aus6.
I know Aus8 is not a specialty super steel, but it's generally considered an upgrade over Aus6, and for Aus6 steel to be sold to the public as being Aus8... Not cool at all!
I know Andrew obliviously kept the names of those competitors doing those scams out of the discussion, but I sure would love to know which ones did/does such things. We can only trust the word of these firms when they list their product materials, and purposely lying about a blade steel like that... Well, sure does not instill any confidence about anything they may claim about their products.
I totally understand a little bit of hype in a company's marketing, but to outright lie about the materials... That's dishonesty at it's purest, (imo).

Thanks for sharing, I’ve not watched the video. That’s pretty scummy to purposely lie about what steel is used. If only there were a way to find out which companies have used that tactic.